Enforcement Rules of Statute for Prevention and Control of
Infectious Animal Diseases
（In case of any discrepancy between the Chinese text and the English translation
thereof, the Chinese text shall govern.）
Adopted on 11 February 1972 – denominated “Enforcement Rules of Statute for
Prevention and Control of Infectious Domestic Disease”, enactment of the 55-article
ordinance
Amended on: 14 April 1997 – re-denominated “Enforcement Rules of Statute for
Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases” enactment of the 44-article
ordinance
Amended on February 29, 2000 – Article 9, 42 and 43
Amended on May 23, 2001 – Article 19
Amended and promulgated on July 31, 2002- enactment of the 34-article ordinance
Chapter 1 General
Article 1
These Rules are enacted pursuant to Article 47 of the Statute on
Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases (hereinafter
referred to as the “Statute”).
Article 2
The term “other commodities which are likely to spread pathogens of
infectious animal diseases” as used in Article 5 of the Statute should
refer to commodities including bees, fodder, feed, pathogens, vaccines,
blood serum, biological preparations, animal diseased specimens,
left-over food from aircraft and vessels on international routes, animal
excretions, as well as packing materials and utensils of objects
subjected to quarantine.
Article 3
The number of animal disease control officials, as specified in
Paragraph 1of Article 8 of the Statute, should be determined by every
level of the competent authority taking into consideration the number
of livestock raised in the jurisdiction and the local environment.
Article 4
“the person concerned” as used in Article 9 of the Statute should refer
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to the keeper, feeding manager, trustee of the place where animals are
kept, or the captain of a shipping vessel, airplane or the master of a
transporting vehicle and any other person who actually takes care of
animals.
Article 5
“the authorities concerned” as used in Article 10 of the Statute should
refer to authorities for the management of animal raising,
transportation, health, customs, environmental protection and policing.
Article 6
In the performance of duty, animal disease control officials should
display their identification documents, which should be prepared and
issued by the respective authorities concerned at different government
levels.
In conducting quarantine examination at a seaport, airport or train
station, the animal quarantine officials should wear uniforms. The
style of the uniform, hat, and badge should be specified by the central
competent authority.
Chapter 2
Prevention
Article 7
Following the performance of autopsy and instructions as specified in
Paragraph 1of Article 12 of the Statute, animal inspection authorities
should prepare an inspection record.
Article 8
The various methods of inspection regarding ante-mortem inspection
of animals as prescribed in Paragraph 1of Article 13 of the Statute,
should be declared upon by the central competent authority.
Article 9
“rendering plant” as used in Article 16 of the Statute should refer to
the plant where remains of animals, abandoned remains and their
viscera, skin, blood, bones, and hooves are processed into fertilizers,
leather, glue, and oil/grease for industrial purpose.
Article 10
The methods of disinfecting as prescribed in the Statute should be
described by the central competent authority, subject to the
environment and characteristics of the pathogens to be eliminated.
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Chapter 3
Article 11
Disease Control
The burning or burial of the remains of animals or commodities subject
to such disposition under the Statute should be carried out in an
incinerator; its operations and exhaust system should conform to
stipulations under the environmental protection law. However, in an
emergency situation, field burning might be allowed, in which, a pit of
a size appropriate to the target object should be dug, or constructed,
and its surroundings properly disinfected. Burning should continue
until only the bone ashes are left and the ashes should be properly
buried.
During the burning or burial of the remains of animals or commodities subject to such
disposition under the Statute, the burial site selected should be suitable
for monitoring and checking. The depth of the burial pit should allow
the peak point of the remains or commodity placed therein to be more
than one meter away from the surface of the ground. Before the
remains or commodities are placed in the pit, the bottom of the pit
should be layered with lime. After the remains or commodities are
placed in, they should be covered with lime, then the pit should be
filled solidly with earth. To complete the task, a stone tablet or
cement pillar should be erected, stating the date of burial and
excavation date for monitoring and checking purposes.
Burning or burial as described in the two preceding paragraphs should
be conducted in places far away from residences, sources of drinking
water, river, and roads, and be inaccessible by animals.
Article 12
“given time limit” as used in Article 24 of the Statute should mean a
period of three years; although, it should be 12 years in the case where
the remains or commodity carries or is contaminated with spores
forming pathogens.
Article 13
Animal inspection authorities when execute the regulation as referred
in the said Statute in Article 26 Paragraph 2 to charge against whoever
should responsible for. The charging rate should be prescribed by the
the municipal or county (city) competent authority.
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Chapter 4
Article 14
Export/Import and Quarantine
When performing quarantine inspection according to Paragraph 1of
Article 32 of the Statute, the animal quarantine authorities might brand
or mark the objects subjected to quarantine before releasing it.
The brand or mark mentioned in the preceding Paragraph should be
declared by the animal quarantine authorities.
Article 15
The import objects subjected to quarantine pursuant to Articles 32 and
34 of the Statute, those require examinations or disinfections, might be
unloaded and stored in advance in a specifically designated depot to
wait for arrangements according to the sequential order of their
application for inspection. However, in the case that a passenger or
crewmember carries a object subjected to quarantine other than live
animal with them, the certificate of the objects subjected to quarantine
has been verified, and the objects are found to be pathogen free and no
need for disinfection, animal quarantine officials should release the
object subjected to quarantine after the records are completed on
examination.
The aforesaid specifically designated depot should be arranged in
advance by the animal quarantine authorities in consultation with the
authorities in charge of dock depots.
Article 16
Transmissible animal diseases subject to export/import animal
quarantine control according to the Statute refer to List A, B and C
infectious animal diseases promulgated in Paragraph 1of Article 6 of
the Statute.
With regards to List A diseases, animal quarantine authorities should
take into account international animal health situations and impose
control measures to disease-infected zones in advance. These
authorities might also request the central competent authority to
declare, pursuant to Article 33 of the Statute, the disease-infected
zones and the objects subjected to quarantine embargoed from the
disease-infected zones.
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With regards to occurred international infectious animal diseases not
listed in Paragraph 1of Article 6 of the Statute, animal quarantine
authorities should conduct related quarantine or take emergency
preventive measures before the central competent authority make the
relevant announcement.
Article 17
Animal quarantine authorities should keep an autopsy record of the
autopsied animal under quarantine in detail, including the information
such as the part of the lesion, symptoms of the disease, name of the
disease diagnosed, and the time, place, and method of autopsy. In
addition, the animal quarantine authorities should issue a death
certificate of animal subjected to quarantine to certify the original
nomenclature, features, origin of the animal and the diagnosed disease
or symptoms of the disease.
Article 18
The application for export /import quarantine inspection as specified in
Articles 34 and 36 of the Statute should be carried out according to the
following procedures:
I.
II.
III.
When objects subjected to quarantine are imported by vessel,
aircraft, or vehicle, the shipping manifest thereof should be
submitted upon arrival and the carrier should wait for
examination. When animals are imported in one shipment, the
owner or their agent should complete an animal quarantine
application form and file it 24 hours prior to the arrival of the
shipment.
On export by vessel, aircraft or vehicle, objects subjected to
quarantine should be delivered to the designated port, station or
other designated place prior to the pre-export quarantine period
or prior to the time required for examination and disinfection, and
the application for quarantine should be filed by the owner
thereof or their agent.
For objects subjected to quarantine delivered by mail: if imported
by ordinary mail, upon receipt of the commodities, the addressee
should immediately apply for quarantine; if imported by parcel
post, the customs, together with the post administration
authorities, should inform animal quarantine authorities and
arrange for quarantine.
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IV. For export of objects subjected to quarantine made by ordinary
mail or by parcel post, application for quarantine should be made
prior to delivering the commodities to the post office.
5. For pets or animal products carried by passengers or crew
members of a vessel or aircraft, application for quarantine should
be made at the time of exit or entry.
Before the exportation of chick, hatching eggs, breeding eggs, fish fry,
live fish, shrimp fries, live shrimp and other objects subjected to
quarantine assigned by central competent authority, exporter or their
agency should apply to the municipal, county/city competent authority
by the regulations as referred in the said Statute Article 32 Paragraph 2
for inspection. Unless they might be able to pass the test and get a
certificate, they should not apply for a quarantine certificate to animal
quarantine authorities.
Article 19
Imported aquatic animals, laboratory animals and animals to be raised
by the zoo or to perform in a circus, which are found to be healthy and
require no quarantine after examination, might be issued veterinary
certificates and released, after certificates for quarantine issued by the
exporting country have been verified and the examination record charts
have been completed.
Article 20
Vessels that carry animals affected a infectious animal disease or
suspected of being affected a List A infectious animal disease should
raise an animal quarantine signal off the port as provisioned in
Paragraph 7of Article 34 of the Statute. Animal quarantine officials
will conduct offshore inspection and take necessary actions in
accordance with the provisions specified in Paragraph 1of Article 35 of
the Statute.
Article 21
The animal quarantine signal raised as specified in Paragraph 7 of
Article 34 of the Statute should be removed only after the animal
quarantine official has issued a certificate for examination and unload
of the objects subjected to quarantine and the completion of cleaning
and disinfection of the cabin in the vessel.
The form of the signal mentioned in the preceding Paragraph should be
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promulgated by the animal quarantine authorities.
Article 22
Unless central competent authority has any regulations under the said
Statute Article 33, the isolation quarantine period as referred to in
Paragraph 1of Article 34-1 of the Statute are provisioned as follows:
I.
II.
III.
15 days for import of artiodactylous animals such as cattle, sheep,
goats, hogs, etc.; 7 days for export thereof.
10 days for import of perissodactylous animals such as horses,
mules, donkeys, etc.; 5 days for export thereof.
21 days for import of carnivorous animals such as dogs, cats, etc.;
15 days for export thereof.
IV. 10 days for import of fowls such as chickens, ducks, geese,
turkeys, etc.; 5 days for export thereof. Eggs imported for
breeding purpose should be isolated for 10 days after the eggs are
hatched.
V. No more than 7 days for import of animals other than those
mentioned above; no more than 3 days for export thereof.
If an animal is suspected of contracting a infectious animal disease
other than those specified under Article 6.1 of the Statute during the
quarantine period, the period should be extended until the suspicion is
removed or the disposal thereof is completed.
The isolation quarantine periods for export specified in the first
Paragraph might vary according to the time otherwise stipulated by the
importing country.
At the end of the isolation quarantine period, the animal quarantine
authorities should relay relevant information to the local animal
inspection authorities for follow-up.
Article 23
To import animals subjected to isolation quarantine as defined in the
said Statute Article 34-1 Paragraph 2, the importers or their agents
should apply to the animal quarantine authorities for a provisional pass
for objects subjected to quarantine by completing and submitting an
application form for animal quarantine and a letter of guarantee thereof.
This provisional pass should be used to apply to the customs for
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permission of landing and used to transport animals to the animal
quarantine premise or other designated places for quarantine. At the
end of the quarantine period, the provisional certificate should be
tendered against the issuance of a veterinary certificate, which should
then be used to close the case with the customs.
The transportation of animals as mentioned in the preceding Paragraph
will be carried out as instructed by the animal quarantine authorities.
For import of objects subjected to quarantine other than live animals,
which have been designated by the quarantine official to be delivered
to a designated quarantine premise for disinfection, custom clearance
should be applied for after the application for the provisional pass
described in Paragraph 1.
Article 24
Where application for export quarantine, the application form should
be completed and lodged with the local animal quarantine authorities.
The animals should be delivered to the designated animal quarantine
premise and be detained there. Once quarantine period has completed,
an export veterinary certificate should issued by animal quarantine
authorities, from which exportation process might applied against
customs.
Article 25
Each animal delivered to and isolated at an animal quarantine premise
should be individually assigned a serial number and undergo the
following two examinations:
I.
Health examination: Any animal which enters a quarantine
premise should immediately undergo a health examination which
includes an inquiry about the name, purpose, origin, vaccination
and transportation records. In addition to the checking of the
II.
breed, age, sex, fur color, and features, weight measurement,
pulse, respiration and body temperature, nutritional check,
conjunctiva, oral cavity, appearance, manure/urine, and parasites,
etc. should be checked as well. A health examination record
chart should be completed according to the results thereof.
Routine checking: During the isolation quarantine period, the
temperature, pulse, and respiration of the animal should be taken
at fixed time each day, and the change, if any, of its appetite,
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spirit, skin, oral cavity, conjunctiva, and manure/urine should be
III.
Article 26
observed. Findings thereof should be documented in the record
chart for animals placed in isolation quarantine.
For objects subjected to quarantine such as chicks and bees that
are not suitable for individual numbering for examination, the
quarantine official might prepare the aforesaid record chart based
on facts found on the particulars set forth in either of the items of
the preceding Paragraph.
Animals that are isolation quarantined in accordance to the provisions
specified in Paragraph 1of Article 34-1 of the Statute should be
claimed by the importer at the end of the isolation quarantine period.
Otherwise, an additional charge at 50% of the detention fee should be
imposed for each day thereafter. If animals are not claimed fourteen
days after the isolation quarantine period, the animal quarantine
authorities might have the agent of the owner pay off the detention
charge and the advanced money, and instruct him/her to file with the
customs an application for closing the case by presenting the relevant
veterinary certificate. The isolation quarantined animals should then
be handed to the agent on behalf of the owner.
Article 27
Disposition as deemed necessary as referred to in Statute Article 34-1
Paragraph 4 indicates the following measures:
I.
II.
III.
Animals which might possibly spread pathogens should be killed
and destroyed immediately.
Carcasses of the animal should be burned immediately when
diagnosed by autopsy to be valueless for any purpose, the
remains.
A particular abattoir should be designated to slaughter; where the
diseased livestock’s parts limbs or organs are found to be
hazardous to public health, the said parts limbs or organs should
be abandoned by burning or disposed of by a rendering process
under supervision.
IV. Where the diagnosis of the animal remains to be confirmed or the
animal is used for study purposes, the disposal thereof might be
deferred or it might be burned after autopsy. Upon the decision
made of any of the foregoing measures, the importer or his/her
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agent should be immediately advised.
Article 28
An animal quarantine official aboard a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft
carrying objects subjected to quarantine to perform quarantine
inspection pursuant to Article 35 of the Statute, should give the
declaration form of animal quarantine inspection to the captain, or the
administrator or his/her substitute of the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft to
fill out the form. He/she should inquire about quarantine matters, and
if necessary, should have access to the logbook or other relevant
documents for completing an inspection record chart.
Article 29
If imported animals are found to have contracted infectious animal
diseases during the aforesaid inspection, the animal quarantine official
might order and supervise the captain of the vessel, aircraft or the
master of a vehicle concerned to abandon such animals at sea twelve
nautical miles offshore, or supervise the said personnel to kill or burn
and/or destroy such animals, and have the said vessel, aircraft or
vehicle disinfected.
Article 30
The circumstance where a veterinary certificate is required by the
importing country, as mentioned in Paragraph 1of Article 36 of the
Statute, refers to one of the following situations:
I.
The applicant of export quarantine provides a document which
indicates the requirement of a veterinary certificate. However,
if the certificate required by the importing country is for a disease
other than those set forth in Paragraph 1of Article 6 of the Statute,
the animal quarantine authorities at a seaport/airport might
perform quarantine before the central competent authority
promulgates such disease as a disease subject to quarantine.
II.
The importing country has established animal quarantine
organizations.
If with regard to international animal quarantine the central competent
authority deems a quarantine measure against a commodity necessary,
which is specified in Paragraph 2of Article 36 of the Statute, animal
quarantine authorities according to international animal health
situations should request the central competent authority to promulgate
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the quarantine measures.
Chapter 5 Annex
Article 31
Compensations specified under Paragraph 1of Article 40 of the Statute
should be borne in the following manners:
I.
II.
For the compensation specified in Item 1, the amount thereof
should be totally borne by the special municipal city, county (city)
competent authorities.
For the compensation specified in Items 2 ~ 6, one half of the
amount thereof should be borne by the special municipal city,
county (city) competent authorities, while the other half (1/2)
might be subsidized by the central competent authority upon the
application tendered. While a infectious animal disease outbreak
is becoming too serious, the financial sponsor of central
competent authority should not exceed the limit of 50%.
Article 32
The municipal or county (city) competent authority should prepare a
forthwith report on information about infectious animal diseases which
have occurred and submit it to the authority concerned for the central
government.
Article 33
Format of forms, charts, records, certificates, and documentary proofs
specified in the Statute and the Enforcement Rules should be
determined by the central competent authority or animal quarantine
authorities.
Article 34
This Enforcement Rules should come into effect on the date of
promulgation.
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